Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game
Point of View: Third Person
Protagonist: Rainsford What type of character is the Protagonist? Round & Dynamic. Antagonist: General Zaroff Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere) Day, Night, Shiptrap Island, Scared, Inhumanly
Type of Conflict: Man Vs Environment and Man Vs Man
Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is man vs man or Rainsford Vs General Zaroff.
Describe the Climax of the Story: When Zaroff finds out that Rainsford is not dead yet.
How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?
When at first he feels like he's the hunter then later on he felt like he was the one who was being hunted.
Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The relationship between the title "The Most Dangerous Game" and the theme is showing us that hunting is dangerous.
How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict Man Vs Man help to illustrate the theme by letting us know that life is not a game.
How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? It helps illustrate the theme by showing how life is not easy.
Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):
Simile: It was perfumed and gave off a smell like incense.
Metaphor:
But the chance was slender, and more slender as the yacht raced on.
Personification:
It was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows.
Symbol: The Bed - Symbolizes Victory
Foreshadowing (give both elements):
Somewhere, off ln the blackness, some one had fired a gun three times
Irony:
I have electricity. We try to be civilized here.
Imagery:
He was in a picture with a frame of water,and his operations,clearly,must take place within that frame.Completion 5/5 Content 7/10Effort 4/5 total 16/20
Point of View: Third Person
Protagonist: Rainsford
What type of character is the Protagonist?
Round & Dynamic.
Antagonist:
General Zaroff
Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere)
Day, Night, Shiptrap Island, Scared, Inhumanly
Type of Conflict:
Man Vs Environment and Man Vs Man
Describe the main conflict:
The main conflict is man vs man or Rainsford Vs General Zaroff.
Describe the Climax of the Story:
When Zaroff finds out that Rainsford is not dead yet.
How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?
When at first he feels like he's the hunter then later on he felt like he was the one who was being hunted.
Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.
The relationship between the title "The Most Dangerous Game" and the theme is showing us that hunting is dangerous.
How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?
The main conflict Man Vs Man help to illustrate the theme by letting us know that life is not a game.
How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?
It helps illustrate the theme by showing how life is not easy.
Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):
Simile:
It was perfumed and gave off a smell like incense.
Metaphor:
But the chance was slender, and more slender as the yacht raced on.
Personification:
It was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows.
Symbol:
The Bed - Symbolizes Victory
Foreshadowing (give both elements):
Somewhere, off ln the blackness, some one had fired a gun three times
Irony:
I have electricity. We try to be civilized here.
Imagery:
He was in a picture with a frame of water,and his operations,clearly,must take place within that frame.Completion 5/5 Content 7/10Effort 4/5 total 16/20